Module:List

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:List/doc

local p = {}

local util = require('Module:Utility')

function p.category(frame)
    local out = {}
    if frame.args.category ~= nil then
        local payload = {
            source=mw.site.server .. mw.site.scriptPath .. '/api.php?action=query&format=json&generator=categorymembers&gcmlimit=max&gcmtitle=Category:' .. util.firstToUpper(frame.args.category),
            format='json'
        }
        header_depth = '==';
        if frame.args.header ~= nil then
            for i=0,frame.args.header do
                header_depth = header_depth .. '='
            end
        end
        local json = mw.ext.externalData.getExternalData(payload)
        for _,page in ipairs(json) do
            if (page['title'] ~= nil) then
                if (page['title'] ~= frame.args['category']) and (string.find(page['title'],'Category:') == nil) then
                    table.insert(out, frame:preprocess('\n'.. header_depth .. page['title'] .. header_depth .. '\n'))
                    table.insert(out, frame:expandTemplate({title='SmallLink', args = { page['title'] } }))
                    table.insert(out, frame:expandTemplate({title=':' .. page['title']}))
                    table.insert(out, frame:preprocess('\n----'))
                end
            end
        end 
    end
    return table.concat(out)
end

return p